Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35272, Ammi Dunham, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dunham, Annie
S 35272
CONTENTS

10.369
Maine
Q
Ammi Dunham
of Freeport in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819 and sent to Mrs. Wragg, Reg. Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 \frac{4}{31} 12. 09 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 — 40. 00
$130.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cumberland Co.

5 Notification sent to John W. B. Murphy Jr.
Portland Maine
25 Oct 1890
Copied for Land Agent
AB

I William Todd of Freeport in the county of Cumberland Yeoman do hereby certify, to all whom it may concern, that Amos Dun- ham of said Freeport Yeoman enlisted as a private Soldier at my house in the year 1781 about the 7 th of February by Mr Benja- min Gook as one of the committee for the Town of North Yarmouth to procure soldiers from that Town for the service of the U States in the army of the Revolution. And that said Dunham did actually go into said ser- vice and stayed about two years and eleven months & returned about the 4 th of January 1784
Dated at Freeport this twentieth day of April A 1818
William Todd
Richard Hilby

N 267. Anni Bunham
Day
10369
Freeport
Am
May 19
Vertical text on the right edge of the paper, likely bleed-through from the reverse side.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
Special. At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland . . . within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the eighth . . . day of August and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this eighth . . . day of August . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ammi Dunham . . . aged fifty six . . . years, resident in Freeport . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Lincoln . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts . . . on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 27 th . . . day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10.369 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ammi Dunham
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none —
Personal estate — One cow — two young cattle of one year old and one swine — a very few necessary utensils in the house — I have no income — and the year before I received my pension, I was helped by the kindness and charity of my neighbors
Ammi Sunham
Sworn to July 26. 1820. Before
Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ammi Sunham, who, by occupation am a laborer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of frequent sickness and weakness — have not been able to do a day's work at a time for twenty seven years
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Theodota . . . 44 { a feeble woman, now under the care of Physicians   John . . . . . 19 { able to contribute to his support   Ammi . . . . . 17 { all the time sick — his disorder has settled in his eyes —   Sarah . . . . . 11 { children not able to support themselves   William . . . . 8 {   Hannah . . . . 6 {  
Ammi Sunham
Sworn to Before
Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty seven dollars and no more. cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth . . . day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "John Mussey Junr.", with a large, stylized flourish underneath the name.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
627

Anne Dunham Private of Regt. Mass Line 1781-3 years dec 27 th April 1818
A
□
Admitted.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Annie Dunham — of Freeport in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of two years and upwards on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Freeport aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. being now fifty three years of age
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Col Rufus Lins Company of the seventh Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the seventh — day of February — one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that he left said service on or about the twenty fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty three the war having closed and he having received an honorable discharge which he has lost
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty fourth day of April 1818.
Annie Dunham
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Annie Davis — the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said
Annie Davis — farther offered in evidence the certificate of Col Wm Todd and Richard Kilby two respectable citizens of his town annexed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Annie Davis — served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that he is his place of residence and no other
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is hereby attested to by me
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereby subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30th day of July A. D. 1818.
Geo. D. Dorrance

35272
Rev INVALID.
File No. 85,979
Mrs. Dunham Mrs. New Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 492
[Arrangement of 1870.]